Apache OpenOffice (AOO) Bugzilla – Issue 5398
Add bookmark feature to save file locations
Last modified: 2003-09-11 15:34:57 UTC
I would like to propose to add a bookmark feature much like the one used by the Nescape/Mozilla browser. This would be a great way for users to save the location of often used files everywhere in OpenOffice where files are opened. The bookmarks should be stored in a XML format just like Mozilla does. It is in my opinion a much better solution compared that where just a list of the 10 last accessed files are used, such as the one found i MS word (another plus).
We`ve had such a feature in 5.2 ! Please have a look, thanks !
I am not sure we are discussing the same thing. I just tried to look for how to store file names as a bookmark in swriter, but I could not find out how. According to the OOo help some thing called "bookmark" is used to point INSIDE documents : "Use this command to insert a bookmark at the cursor position. Bookmarks are listed in the Navigator and can be accessed directly from there with a single mouse click. In HTML documents, bookmarks are converted to anchors which you can jump to via hyperlink." What I am looking for is to be able to store and maintain a personal list of full file names, so after starting any OOo application I can open a exsisting file by selecting it from that list. If I am wrong could you please be a bit more specific in telling me how I can create such a "shortcut" to open a file - thanks.
I also want to add that it would be very helpful to enhance the proprietary open / save dialog of OOo with a feature to jump to certain defined directories/folders. I often have the case that I have to use different file locations and it is always a little cumbersome to navigate between the different directories/folders. In Windows you can use the 'Favorites' in the open / save dialogs of MS-Office. A similar feature for OOo would be great!
I would like to add my vocal support to this last comment. On Unix boxes, you can always work around that using symbolic links but I find it's messy. The Workspace button is just not enough.
A set goal for 2.0 is to enhance our system integration so your desires will be obsolete with 2.0 where we will replace our File operation dialogues by the system ones. Though I cannot guarantee that those dialogues will satsify your needs it is the road we are walking on.
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